It's a little big thing.
The other day, I was getting ready to take my good friend out for lunch for her birthday. As I was zipping around the house making sure that everyone and everything was accounted for before I left (Mike was home), I stopped for just a moment to note an unfamiliar sensation I was experiencing. I looked at myself in the mirror for just a minute, wondering if I was feeling the lingering effects of a stomach bug that hit my family over the last couple of weeks, or if it was something else. Then it dawned on me. I was feeling anticipation! I was really looking forward to a meal out with my friend, who I have been friends with since we were 12 years old. We have celebrated 30 birthdays together, and she has consistently shown up for me for three decades. But we haven't been out to eat in a while, just the two of us, and I realized that I was just really excited to see her, to get out of the house, to take a breather from my family for a couple of hours. We had a great visit. For many yea...